It was a top-ten hit in the UK, peaking at number 7 on the Singles Chart in January 1970.

The B-side comprises two songs, "Reelin' and Rockin'" and "Memphis Tennessee", both originally by Chuck Berry.

The single had audience screams dubbed in and the album version of the A-side was over half the time shorter.

[2] Reviewing for New Musical Express, Derek Johnson wrote that the single is not the "official follow-up to "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" – but a special 'bonus' release".

He described it as a "great Christmas party disc for the young-at-heart", but that it "would have been better without the dubbed-in audience screams".